is the major-label debut EP by Japanese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation, released on November 25, 2002 on Under Flower Records.
Background After six years since its inception and three independent releases, Asian Kung-Fu Generation contributed to the Under Flower compilation album, What You Gonna Do?, before dropping their first major-label EP. Due to its success, Hōkai Amplifier was re-released by Ki/oon Records on April 23, 2003. Although the mini-album didn't release any singles, the intro track "Haruka Kanata" enjoyed immense domestic and international popularity after it came to be used as the second opening theme for the anime series Naruto. In 2014, the album was released again as a 12-inch analog record.
Track listing
Personnel
Masafumi Gotoh – lead vocals, guitar, lyrics Kensuke Kita – lead guitar, background vocals Takahiro Yamada – bass, background vocals Kiyoshi Ijichi – drums Kumiko Ishikawa – additional vocals Asian Kung-Fu Generation/Katsuhisa Ogawa – producer
Jun-ya Iwata – engineering, mixing Masato Wantanabe – mixing Kazuhiro Yamagata – mastering Kanetsugu "Kan" Tanaka – directing Yusuke Nakamura/KAN – art direction
Chart positions Year ChartPeak positions2002High Line Records1Oricon Indie35
References
External links CDJapan